By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe and many parts of California and Nevada are setting records for being so dry. Tahoe City receives on average 31.55 inches of precipitation each year. It has received 8.08 inches for 2013. Records date to 1910. The last significantly dry year was in 1976 when 9.34 inches of precip fell. […]
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By Kathryn Reed A father of five escaped with minor injuries when a fire swept through their Granlibakken home in Tahoe City. Gabrielle Cuevas was trying to help his kids about 4:30am Dec. 30 when he was burned on his hands and suffered smoke inhalation. He was treated at Renown Medical Center in Reno. North […]
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By Martin Griffith, AP RENO — Nevada officials have launched a new bid to give Mark Twain recognition in the state where he assumed his pen name 150 years ago, but it doesn’t come without opposition. The Nevada State Board on Geographic Names is again pushing a proposal to name a scenic Lake Tahoe cove […]
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By Kathryn Reed Most SnowGlobers were bouncing to the music blasting from the speakers on Day 1 of the three-day South Lake Tahoe music festival, but plenty more were chilling in the warming tent. A sea of bodies at the three stages moved to the music supplied by bands and disc jockeys. While the temperature […]
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By Cynthia H. Craft, Sacramento Bee Just days after a Christmas Eve federal health advisory, a top public health official warned Friday of a sudden increase in local influenza activity, possibly led by a strong resurgence of a version of the virus behind the 2009 worldwide flu pandemic. Olivia Kasirye, the Sacramento County’s public health […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee On New Year’s Day in Colorado, state-licensed marijuana stores will begin selling pot purely for pleasurable consumption. Colorado, already home to the nation’s most regulated medical marijuana industry, expects to open its first two dozen stores selling recreational cannabis users up to an ounce of pot each. Another 400 applications […]
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By Kathryn Reed FALLEN LEAF LAKE – Traipsing through the woods it all looked so different – partly because it was covered in snow, partly because we were going the opposite the direction we are used to and mostly because we were on snowshoes instead of a bike. Riding from South Tahoe High School to […]
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By Brian Lada, AccuWeather With 2013 quickly coming to a close, it’s shaping up to be one of the driest calendar years on record for many places in California. Almost all of the Golden State is under either a severe or extreme drought with no end in sight heading into 2014. This prolonged drought has […]
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By Colin Lygren, KOLO-TV As families continue their holiday vacations, many will be heading up the hill to catch some fresh turns. But this year the mountain may be a little more dangerous than in years past. Last year we got a lot of snow early in the season and by late December, ski resorts […]
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By Kathryn Reed In this era of corporate banking and corruption, one bank has held true to its roots – El Dorado Savings Bank. A lot has to do with the fact that members of the Cook family are still at the helm of the Placerville-based institution. It was George Cook Sr. and members of […]
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